Compare DONATION Online and Classic
We recently launched DONATION Online, a web app for managing all your donations!
It has most of the DONATION features you know and love, and can be accessed from any device, anywhere, through your web browser. No desktop install needed. We designed the new product based your direct feedback from our customers.
The table below outlines the differences, feature wise, between DONATION Online and DONATION Classic. It will be updated as the app continues to evolve!
Note: “Classic” encapsulates the Standard and OnDemand versions, alongside legacy editions Lite and Local Network.
| DONATION Online | DONATION Classic | |
|---|---|---|
| Misc | ||
| How to access | Accessible from any device, via a web browser. | Requires a desktop install. (Windows and Mac devices, only) Mac is limited to the OnDemand version. |
| Cloud Sync: simultaneous updates | Included | Only in the OnDemand version |
| User interface | Modern and easy to navigate | Classic desktop app interface |
| Overview page with totals and graphs | Included | |
| Automatic software updates | Included | Only in the OnDemand version. Standard requires manual updates by users. |
| Country availability | Canada, USA | Any (program only in English) |
| New features | ||
| Online Giving | Coming soon! | Via Abundant or importing from other services |
| Backups & Restores | ||
| Ability to generate a backup | N/A - Data is backed up on the cloud automatically. | Included. |
| Ability to restore a backup | N/A - data is always available and secure on the cloud | Included |
| Billing & User Management | ||
| Payment plans | Monthly and yearly | Yearly only |
| Payment methods | Via Credit Card and US ACH | Via Credit Card, US ACH, and Canadian PAD |
| Price | Free up to 25 donors, then price varies by # of donors | Free up to 25 donors with donations, then fixed price (Standard and OnDemand) |
| Max # of databases for your payment | 1 | 5 for Standard, Unlimited for OnDemand |
| User Roles Permissions | Comprehensive permission settings. (Learn more) | Comprehensive permission settings, including Limited User for counters or tellers. Learn more: Standard, OnDemand |
| Managing receipts | ||
| Ability to issue and reissue receipts | Included | Included |
| Save receipts as PDF files | Included | Included |
| Send receipts via email | Included | Included |
| Setup for emailing receipts | Simple | Simple for Gmail, more complex for others |
| Delete receipts | Coming soon! | Included |
| Filtered receipts | Limited | Included |
| Receipt styles | Canada, USA | Canada English, Canada French-only, Canada bilingual, USA, Australia, New Zealand |
| Managing donations | ||
| Ability to create and edit donations | Included | Included |
| Batch entry of donations for one date | Included | Included |
| Delete receipted donations | Coming soon! | Included |
| Pledges (other than multi-year and fiscal-year based pledges) | Included (as of May 13 2024) | Included (including multi-year, and fiscal-year based) |
| Bank deposits | Coming soon! | Included |
| Recurring donations | Included (as of Jul 25 2024) | Included |
| Non-Receiptable donors and donations | Easy to specify with checkboxes | More complex to specify |
| Managing donors | ||
| Ability to create, edit, and delete donors | Included | Included |
| Ability to email donors in the app, with optional attachment | Can email receipts | Included |
| Merge duplicate donors | Included | |
| Bulk date change of donations | Included | |
| Delete all data for a calendar year | Included | |
| Split donors (duplicate and change) | Included | |
| Delete or hide inactive donors | N/A - this will eventually be handled by an Archiving feature for donors and their donations and receipts. | Can delete in a new year |
| Reporting | ||
| Built-in reports | Donation, Donor, Receipt, and Pledge reports | Donation, Donor, Receipt, Pledge, Bank Deposit, and User Login History reports |
| Ability to bookmark ("favourite") reports | Included | |
| Memorized Reports | Included | |
| Filtered views | Can apply filters on the Donors and Donations views | Can apply filters on built-in reports, also allows arbitrary filtering |
| Reports Scripts | Included | |
| SQL Select | Included | |
| Custom Reports | Limited, done through Donor and Donation views | Included |
| Data import | ||
| Importing of donors, donations or both | Included (as of Jul 23 2024) | Included |
| Importing data from compatible systems | Membership Plus, GiftWorks, Geminon, Viansoft, PowerChurch Plus, and Roll Call | |
| Other | ||
| Mail-merge letters | Coming soon! | Included |
| Tracking donor communications | Included | |
| Help for the program | Knowledge Base document | Context-sensitive help file |
| Support | Via form in the application, or email | Via email, can be launched from within the application |